LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (August 15, 2014) – WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Robots: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020. The 2014 study has 1191 pages, 607 tables and figures. Worldwide robotics markets are increasingly diversified, poised to achieve significant growth as every industry segment adopts mobile automated process new companies get more businesses test for substance abuse. The robots are taking over, they have remote control to control a device to make it do what you want.

Robots in general are poised to change every aspect of modern life. Robots are poised to change everything, what we eat, how we eat it, what we drive, how we drive it, what we manufacture, how we manufacture it, and the military, how we defend ourselves.

Robot technology is based on platforms that leverage sensors, controllers, software modules, cameras, visualization, and locomotors deploying machines for control of all repeatable process. Industrialization is after all the repetition of some task to create process. Robots take this a step further to create automation of process with the ability to move the units.

Robots are promising to improve yields in every industry. Robots make crops safer by eliminating or virtually eliminating herbicides. Downstream processing system solutions and robots achieve automation of process. Robots meet stringent hygiene and safety regulations, work tirelessly 24 hours a day, and relieve human workers of physically arduous tasks. Robots contribute to the freshness, variety and quality of food. Projects are ongoing. Projects are ongoing.

Companies Profiled

Market Leaders

ABB

Accuray

Allen Vanguard

BMW

Chattanooga Fanuc

General Dynamics

GE Energy

Google

General Motors

Intuitive Surgical

iRobot

Kawasaki Robotics

Kuka

Lely

Lockheed Martin

Northrop Grumman

Thales Group

Vecna Technologies

Yaskawa Motoman

Market Participants

BB

Accuray

Aethon

Agrobot

Allen Vanguard

Audi

BAE Systems

Blue Belt Technologies

Blue River / Khosla Ventures

Bosch / VRI

Bosch Healthcare

Bosch Group

BMW

Buick Group

Chrysler / Dodge

Chrysler

Cyberdyne Inc.

Daimler AG / Mercedes-Benz

Daimler AG

Denso Wave

ECA Robotics

Elbit Systems

Evatran

Exogenesis

Fanuc

Ford

General Dynamics

GE Energy

General Electric Company

GE Intelligent Platforms

Google

Google / Boston Dynamics

Google / Motorola

Hansen Medical

Harvest Automation

GM / Cadillac

General Motors

Honda

Hyundai

InTouch Health

Intuitive Surgical

iRobot

Kawasaki Robotics

Kongsberg

Kuka

Lely

Lely / Astronaut

Lockheed Martin

Mako Surgical

Medrobotics

Mesa Robotics

Mitsubishi

Nissan

Northrop Grumman

Qualcomm

QinetiQ

Re2, Inc

ReconRobotics

ReWalk Robotics

Shibuya Seiki

Shibuya Kogyo Robotic System

Stäubli Industrial Robots

Stäubli Controllers

Stäubli Software

Telerob

Thales Group

Toyota / Lexus

Toyota

Vecna Technologies

Volkswagen

Porsche SE

Volvo

Visteon

WiTricity

Yamaha

Yaskawa

Yaskawa Motoman

Vecna Technologies

Report Methodology

This is the 607th report in a series of market research reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take direct responsibility for writing and preparing each report. They have significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on primary research and proprietary databases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.

About the Company

WinterGreen Research, founded in 1985, provides strategic market assessments in telecommunications, communications equipment, health care, and advanced computer technology. Industry reports focus on opportunities that will expand existing markets or develop major new markets. The reports assess new product and service positioning strategies, new and evolving technologies, and technological impact on products, services, and markets. Market shares are provided. Leading market participants are profiled, and their marketing strategies, acquisitions, and strategic alliances are discussed. The principals of WinterGreen Research have been involved in analysis and forecasting of international business opportunities in telecommunications and advanced computer technology markets for over 30 years.

About the Principal Authors

Ellen T. Curtiss, Technical Director, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, conducts strategic and market assessments in technology-based industries. Previously she was a member of the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc., for 23 years, most recently as Vice President of Arthur D. Little Decision Resources, specializing in strategic planning and market development services. She is a graduate of Boston University and the Program for Management Development at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. She is the author of recent studies on worldwide telecommunications markets and the Top Ten Telecommunications market analysis and forecasts.

Susan Eustis, President, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, has done research in communications and computer markets and applications. She holds several patents in microcomputing and parallel processing. She is the author of recent studies of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) marketing strategies, Internet software, a study of Push to Talk Equipment, Worldwide Telecommunications Equipment, Top Ten Telecommunications, Digital Loop Carrier, Web Hosting, Business Process Management, Servers, Blades, the Mainframe as a Green Machine, and Application Server markets. Ms. Eustis is a graduate of Barnard College.